Railway construction.



W. G. CROSBY.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

APPLIOATION FILED FEBHI, 1914.

Patented June 9, 1914.

WILLIAM G. CROSBY, OF ORANGE SPRINGS, FLORIDA.

RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1914.

Application filed February 7, 1914. Serial No. 817,223.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. CRosBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Orange Springs, in the county of Marion and State ofFlorida, have invented new and useful Improvements in RailwayConstructions, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in railway construction,and the primary object of the invention is to provide a railway crossingwhereby the wheels of a car will be elevated by their flanges so as toraise the bearing faces of the wheels above the gaps between the tracksat the crossing, and furthermore, to provide between the rails flangedbearing blocks which are so constructed and arranged upon the tracks asto materially reinforce the said tracks.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a railway crossingconstructed in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a detailenlarged horizontal section of one of the corners of the crossing, Fig.3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4: is aSimilar view on the line 4.1 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numerals 1 designate therails of one track, 2 the rails of a track arranged at a right angle tothe track 1, and 3 the rails of a track arranged at an angle to both thetracks 1 and 2. v

For the sake of convenience, I will refer to the tracks 3 as the maintracks and so the tracks 1 and 2 abut against the opposite sides of themain track 3, while, of course, one of the sections of the track 2 abutsagainst one of the sections of the track 1. All of the tracks areenlarged at their ends, that is their webs are of a width equaling thatof the heads of the rails, so that the opposite faces of the rails attheir ends are vertically straight. So the ends of the tracks 1 and 2are cut at an angle to abut with the said vertically straight sides ofthe main track 3. The track 3, at the juncture of the inner faces of therails of the tracks 1 and 2 is cut angularly, as indicated by thenumerals 4 and 5, so that one of the walls of each of the cut portions 4or 5 corresponds with the angularly arranged rails of the tracks 1 and2. The end rails of the tracks 1 and 2 are also cut, as indicated by thenumerals 6 and 7, the depth of the cuts 6 and 7 corresponding with thedepth of the cuts 4: and 5 and the cuts 6 and 7 are arranged in a. planewit-h the inner faces of the rails of the main track 3. The rail 1, orrather the continuation of the rail, to the opposite side of the mainrail 3, and which, is indicated by the numeral 1', has its end cut fromits head as indicated by the numeral 8, the inner wall or shoulderprovided by the said out or depression 8 corresponding to the inner faceof the angularly arranged rails of the track wheel and flush with theinner angular wall provided by the cut 4 in the track 3. The inner railsection of the track 2, which is indicated by the numeral 2, has itshead, at its end, incut or depressed as indicated by the numeral 9, thesaid depressed portion being disposed opposite to the cut or depressedportion 5 of the main rail 3, and being in a plane flush therewith.

A block 10 shaped to fill the space between the inner faces of the rails2 and 3 and the outer face of the rail 1, is employed. The blockcomprises a substantially rectangular member having its ends beveled tocorrespond with the inclined rails 1 and 2. The block is provided with adepressed portion 11 which continues from its wider and outer facearound its inclined ends and inner face, the wall provided by thedepression 11 being parallel with the walls at, 6 and 7 The outer endsof the wall provided by the depression or channel 11 are roundeddownwardly, as indicated by the numerals 12, and the outer corner of thewall 6 is likewise rounded, as indicated by the numeral 13. A secondblock 14: is arranged between the rails 1, 2 and 3, and this block hasits outer corners and inner portion, at its head, depressed, as at 15,the wall provided by the said depression being arranged flush with thewalls 5 and 9, and the said wall 15, at the outer end thereof, isinclined downwardly, as indicated by the numeral 16. Additional blocks17 and 18 may be provided for filling the space between the inner facesof the rails 1 and 3, and the outer faces of the rail 1 and the rail 1,and these blocks have their upper faces flush with the faces or walls 5and 7 of the rails 1 and 3 as well walls of the blocks are so arrangedwith re-' lation to the upper faces of the heads of the rails and alsowith respect to the depth of the flanges of the wheels, as to receivethe said wheel flanges and elevate the treads of the rails above thenotched, cut or depressed portions in the corners of the crossing.

vention to provide means for effectively securing the blocks to the railends, the said means, in combination with the block, being furtheradapted to reinforce the rails at the ends. Therefore, at convenientpoints, I

7 provide the blocks with openings which register with similar openingsin the rails, one of the sald openlngs, indicated by the numeral 19,passing through the block 10,

the rail 3, block18 and rail 1, the opening receiving an elongated bolt20'which is provided with a securing nut 21. A second opening passesthrough the block 10, rail 1,

rail 3, block 1 1 and rail 2, a bolt 22 passing through the saidopening, while a locking nut 23 is provided for the bolt. A thirdopening is provided between the rail 1, block 17, rail 3 and block 14,the said openings being indicated by the numeral 24 and adapted toreceive a bolt 25 which is provided with 'a securing nut 26, while astill additional opening is indicated by the numeral 27. This opening 27is arranged angularly through the block 10, the rail-2 and through therail3, a bolt 28 being provided for the opening and a securing nut 29for the bolt.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantagesthereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled inthe art to which such inventions appertain without further detaileddescription.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In a railway crossing, a main rail, side rails having their ends cut andabutting the main rail and having their heads flush with It is one ofthe primary objects of the in the said main rail, the main rail beingnotched, the depth of the notch being less than the width of the flangeof a car wheel which is adapted to travel upon the track, the lowerwalls of said notches being horizontally straight, blocks having angularends arranged to abut with both the side and the main rail, said blockshaving their inner edges depressed and the lower wall provided by thesaid depressions being flush with the lower Wall of the notches of themain rail, and the upper edges of the blocks being rounded toward thedepressions the blocks and rails having angularly disposed registeringopenings, and removable means for securing the blocks upon the rails andfor connecting the main rail with the side rails.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM C. CROSBY. Vitnesses J. J. PYLES, WV. I-I. PEGRAM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

